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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When John Paul leaves a note for Amanda in the hospital, in what form does he express his sympathies?
(a) Limerick.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Prose.

2. What does Ziller generally report as his profession on government forms?
(a) Free Spirit.
(b) Sculptor.
(c) Witch Doctor.
(d) Magician.

3. What does Marx believe about John Paul and Amanda in regards to religion?
(a) They are the bringers of a new spirituality.
(b) Baby Thor could grow up to be a priest with their influence.
(c) They could change the world with their marriage.
(d) They could subvert Christianity.

4. What is John Paul's preferred method of transit?
(a) Motorcycle.
(b) Train.
(c) Car.
(d) Bicycle.

5. What offer from Nearly Normal Jimmy did John Paul decline after the disbanding of the circus?
(a) He declines an opportunity to travel to Tibet.
(b) He declines to take over managing to the circus.
(c) He declined to go record with the Giant Panda Gypsy Blues Band in New York.
(d) He declines Nearly Normal Jimmy's offer to take care of Mon Cul.

6. For what does Marx express disdain in regard to Amanda?
(a) Her free love.
(b) Her mysticism.
(c) Her education.
(d) Her wardrobe.

7. What did Plucky stumble over while walking in the woods?
(a) A gentle grizzly bear.
(b) A woman being mugged.
(c) A dead monk.
(d) Mon Cul.

8. What is celebrated at the banquet on Ziller's first night with the circus?
(a) Mon Cul.
(b) His celebrated drumming techniques.
(c) Amanda's pregnancy.
(d) His new love with Amanda.

9. Why did Marx marry his friend's pregnant lover?
(a) He fell in love with her.
(b) He was blackmailed into doing so.
(c) He was paid to help her out.
(d) He wanted to have a child.

10. What did Amanda once hide inside a hollow tree in order to trick woodpeckers into pecking the tree?
(a) A bird's nest.
(b) A stash of food.
(c) A fake bird.
(d) A ticking clock.

11. What comprises John Paul Ziller's normal attire?
(a) Cut off blue jeans.
(b) Shaman's headdress.
(c) Bone armor.
(d) Loin cloth.

12. How does Plucky rid himself of the rednecks?
(a) He sends them in the opposite direction, away from the circus.
(b) He uses martial arts.
(c) He pays them off.
(d) He tricks them into being arrested.

13. Which of John Paul and Amanda's friends also befriended Marx Marvelous, leading the man to seek out the couple?
(a) Smokestack Lightening.
(b) Nearly Normal Jimmy.
(c) Plucky Purcell.
(d) Baba.

14. What is Nearly Normal Jimmy's explanation for why thunderstorms can affect human beings so strongly?
(a) Thunderstorms have negatively charged particles.
(b) The primal site of the rain falling.
(c) The loud claps of thunder.
(d) Thunderstorms provide a reminder that nature is stronger than human beings.

15. What did Marx previously conclude about Christianity, prior to his employment by the Zillers?
(a) The religion is dying.
(b) People have abandoned the religion to the zealots.
(c) The religion understands the world.
(d) The religion is too timid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Plucky able to pose as Brother Dallas?

2. For what baked good does Amanda become famous?

3. What drug was once found on Plucky that helped lead to his dishonorable discharge from the military?

4. In what month did the Indo-Tibetan circus disband?

5. How does Marx feel about Amanda?

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